TRINITY ISE II Practice materials
Reading & Writing – ISE II (B2)
Task 1 – Long reading
- Activity 1 – Emotional intelligence
- Activity 2 – Reduce, reuse, recycle
Task 2 – Multi-text reading
- Activity 1 – Bullying
- Activity 2 – National customs
Task 3 – Reading into writing
- Activity 1 – Family business
- Activity 2 – Endangered animals
Task 4 – Extended writing
- Activity 1 – Music
- Activity 2 – Mobile phones
Writing genres
- Guidance on Writing genres – writing in specific genres for the exam – eg a letter, email, essay, review, report, etc.
Building process writing skills
- Portfolio Toolkit for teachers – ISE II – a method for teachers to help students build process writing skills (not assessed).
Practice papers
Practise answering typical exam questions:
- Sample paper 1 (with notes)
- Sample paper 1 (with answers)
- Sample paper 2 (with answers)
- Sample paper 3 (with answers)
- Sample paper 4 (with answers)
- Sample paper 5 (with answers)
- Sample paper 6 (with answers)
- Sample paper 7 (with answers)
Marking and interpreting outcomes:
Speaking & Listening – ISE II (B2)
Practise Speaking & Listening activities
Use these resources to help prepare for ISE II (B2) Speaking & Listening:
Topic task
- Activity 1 – Choosing your topic task
- Activity 2 – Talking about various topics
Collaborative task
- Activity 1 – School and university
- Activity 2 – Office
Conversation task
- Activity 1 – Environment
- Activity 2 – World of work
Independent listening task
- Activity 1 – Nightmare weekend
- Activity 2 – Big city*
- Activity 3 – Working from home
*May be less suitable for adult SELT candidates
Practise collaborative tasks
Download and practise using sample prompts:
Additional speaking activities
The following additional classroom activities for speaking are informed by the Trinity Lancaster Corpus research project. Learning from prior Trinity speaking assessment results, these activities focus on practising aspects of speaking that will help students improve their communication skills in all situations.